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Polycythemia (also
known as polycythaemia) is a
laboratory finding in
which the
hematocrit (the
volume percentage of red
blood cells in the blood) and/or...
- In oncology,
polycythemia vera (PV) is an
uncommon myeloproliferative neoplasm in
which the bone
marrow makes too many red
blood cells. The
majority of...
- Twin anemia-
polycythemia sequence (TAPS) is a
chronic type of
unbalanced fetal transfusion in
monochorionic twins that
results in
polycythemia in the TAPS...
- flow to an area of the body, or an
increase in the
volume of
blood (
polycythemia).
Extra perfusion to the face is
termed facial plethora, a
hallmark sign...
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hemolytic disease of the newborn.
Partial exchange might be
required for
polycythemia.
Nearly all
exchange transfusions are
allogeneic (that is, the new blood...
- alfa-2b, sold
under the
brand name Besremi, is a
medication used to
treat polycythemia vera. It is an interferon. It is
given by injection. The most common...
- but are
observed in
other myeloproliferative neoplasms,
specifically polycythemia vera and
essential thrombocythemia. The JAK2
protein is
mutated giving...
- with
having polycythemia vera, but more
closely aligned with
secondary polycythemia,
namely that a
substantial cause of
secondary polycythemia is taking...
- the
drawing of a unit of
blood in
specific cases like hemochromatosis,
polycythemia vera,
porphyria cutanea tarda, etc., to
reduce the
number of red blood...
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gestational age. SGA
predicts susceptibility to hypoglycemia, hypothermia, and
polycythemia. By definition, at
least 10% of all
newborns will be
labeled SGA. All...
